Longleaf Roofing

Roofing across the Carolina Piedmont

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A roof seldom fails out in the open. It fails where two things meet. Six places a roof gives way. The one everyone checks is No. 2, the shingle field — the other five do most of the failing.
Garage Point 1: ridge caps 1 Ridge caps: thin, hot, first to loosen Point 2: the field of the roof 2 The field: streaks, then age Point 3: valleys 3 Valleys: pine straw, then one drain Point 4: flashing 4 Flashing: chimney, garage line Point 5: vent boot 5 Vent boot: cracks by its teens Point 6: eaves and gutter overflow 6 Eaves, where gutter overflow lands
  1. 1 Ridge caps. Thin, hot, and the first course to loosen on a Piedmont summer roof.
  2. 2 The field. Streaks first, then real age. The two are not the same problem.
  3. 3 Valleys. Pine straw mats where two slopes drain as one, and holds the water there.
  4. 4 Flashing. The chimney, and the line where the garage roof meets the wall.
  5. 5 The vent boot. Usually cracked by its teens, long before the field around it is.
  6. 6 Eaves. Where gutter overflow lands, and where the fascia goes soft first.

It all ends up in the valley

Algae grows on the shaded slope, pine litter collects in the channels, and between them the deck stays damp long after the rain has stopped. The valleys are where a roof here is won or lost.

The work

Two crowns, thirteen cities

Thirteen cities across the Piedmont’s two metros, from Charlotte’s streetcar bungalows to the boom-era suburbs whose roofs were installed phase by phase, and are coming due the same way.